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Media Stats: compare key data on Holy See (Vatican City) & United States

Definitions

  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
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  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
STAT Holy See (Vatican City) United States HISTORY
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 105
Ranked 42nd.
3,803
Ranked 2nd. 36 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Broadcast media the Vatican Television Center (CTV) transmits live broadcasts of the Pope's Sunday and Wednesday audiences, as well as the Pope's public celebrations; CTV also produces documentaries; Vatican Radio is the Holy See's official broadcasting service broadcasting via shortwave, AM and FM frequencies, and via satellite and Internet connections 4
Internet > Hosts 55
Ranked 193th.
316 million
Ranked 1st. 5745455 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Internet > IP addresses per capita 21,435.41
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than United States
4,911.96
Ranked 2nd.
Internet > Users 93
Ranked 33th.
208 million
Ranked 2nd. 2236559 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1
Ranked 185th.
1,486
Ranked 2nd. 1486 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 70,000
Ranked 103th.
57.35 million
Ranked 4th. 819 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Radio broadcast stations AM 4, FM 3, shortwave 2 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Telephone system > Domestic connected via fiber optic cable to Telecom Italia network a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Telephone system > General assessment automatic digital exchange a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Telephone system > International country code - 39; uses Italian system country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Telephones > Main lines in use 5,120
Ranked 1st.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 28516 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 5,559.18 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than United States
541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th.

Television broadcast stations 1
Ranked 8th.
2,218
Ranked 1st. 2218 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 1,085.78 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 146 times more than United States
7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th.

Internet country code .va .us
Internet hosts None None
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 5
Ranked 70th.
13,221
Ranked 3rd. 2644 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 2
Ranked 68th.
898
Ranked 10th. 449 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Internet > IP addresses 17,920
Ranked 175th.
1.54 billion
Ranked 1st. 86027 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 228
Ranked 64th.
68,175
Ranked 3rd. 299 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 2
Ranked 62nd.
4,245
Ranked 6th. 2123 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Internet > TLD .va .us
E-Government rating 52
Ranked 20th.
60.1
Ranked 4th. 16% more than Holy See (Vatican City)
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History 7
Ranked 61st.
6,583
Ranked 3rd. 940 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 229th.
35.9
Ranked 1st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 78
Ranked 62nd.
14,225
Ranked 3rd. 182 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology 38
Ranked 43th.
2,333
Ranked 3rd. 61 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 66.75 per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd.
1,040.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than Holy See (Vatican City)

SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; http://www.iana.org/numbers; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; http://www.iana.org/numbers; report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002)

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